What is the SERVAUTH(EZB.INITSTACK) security check used for?

Products

• Top Secret
• Top Secret - LDAP

Issue/Introduction

Users using TCP get security checks for SERVAUTH(EZB.INITSTACK). What is the SERVAUTH(EZB.INITSTACK) security check used for?

Environment

Release:
Component: TSSMVS

Resolution

The following IBM link which documents what EZB.INITSTACK is used for:

TCP/IP stack initialization access control

According to the IBM documentation, a site can control whether an application can access the TCP/IP stack before the required policies have been installed by defining the EZB.INITSTACK.sysname.tcpname resource profile in the SERVAUTH class.